Anyone ever bought MH bulbs off Ebay?
 

Specifically THESE and THESE ? I've bought a 20K DE bulb for my nano from the first guys before, seemed fine but I'm thinking of getting some bulbs for my big tank.

Didnt Sanjay Joshi test some of the ebay bulbs? might want to look it up.

Oh I dunno, I'll have to look into that. Thanks :biggrin:

I have bought lights from Ebay...but not from that vendor. I've bought from http://stores.ebay.ca/Trust-Deals-Lights and been quite happy. I bought some 250W DE's for a buddy (6 of them) and he's been very happy. I bought a 150W and 2 x 70W as well for myself and they are great. I had one bulb not light and they sent me a new one right away after I explained the problem. Fast shipping too.

Hope that helps.

Not from there.

I bought a bulb on Ebay, it never arrived, I hounded the guy, and then posted negative feedback. I never went beyond that, mainly because I didn't know what recourse I had. He basically said, it had been shipped.

i've purchased from that ebay vendor, and had no problems with the vendor or with the bulbs. i bought de bulbs, 14k ones. they weren't as nice as hamiltons but i think i payed 99cents and got my moneys worth.

I bought from the second guy a week or so ago, but have not received the bulb yet. I'll post back once I got it.

I bought the 14000K 400W Plusrite bulbs from Greatdel. Ran them for about months. They were cooking my corals after a few weeks. I'm thinking perhaps the glass on the outer bulb was too thin allowing too much UV or something. Almost every coral in my tank stopped growing, 6 months later and everything is starting to get back to normal. I'm never trying that again!

Alrighty then, that pretty much says it all! Thanks for the info!! I think I'll stick with the "name brand" bulbs :biggrin:

Hmm...I got the Plusrite bulbs from my vendor as well and have had good luck with them. I don't have anything living in the Nano yet so I will have to give a future review on the 70's but the 150 I got was just fine. My buddies 250w ones have been great for his tanks growth. He runs a Coralife fixture like me though.

I have to say I tried these bulbs too and didn't have a problem with them. These are the mogul type not DE

You're running 400W? My 3- 400w bulbs are pretty bright for my 180G, so I have to be careful. The color was nice, so the lower wattage Plusrite bulbs would likely work OK, if that's what you're using.